I found this issue when working with the search field in extensions. The workaround was to right click i the search field for extensions, the left click and typing goes back to normal. As a side note, it seems that the extension search field grabs focus and doesn't let go even when you switch back to (as in your situation) the code editor.

Image from dockerhub (https://hub.docker.com/r/codercom/code-server) (no version tags.. last updated 9 days ago at time of this post).

I have the same problems as described by others above, but also noticed if you highlight any text in the actual code editor you also lose the ability to type as well. The cursor still blinks to indicate focus, but until you deselect the text you cannot resume typing.

This also appears to only affect Chrome. I just tested in Firefox Quantum 66.0.1 (64-bit) and it works fine, no loss of ability to type so far.

Can confirm this bug as well. Sometimes the editor does not accept input when I was process of making #225 in Crostini.

This seems to workaround this issue:

If I disable selection clipboard, this issue seems to be gone.

I am running into same/similar behavior in the settings screen (UI version). Whenever I open the settings screen, several keys stop working (enter, down arrow key, etc). I can usually convince it to go back to normal by right-clicking in the search box in settings, and then closing the settings tab.
The JSON settings screen doesn't do this, only the UI settings screen.
Firefox 66.0.3 is affected for me. Cannot reproduce in Chromium 73.0.3683.103.

can confirm the workaround that frenck posted for disabling selection clipboard works. In the interim of this getting fixed, I have just included in my docker file a line to copy a settings.json file with:

{
"editor.selectionClipboard": false
}

"editor.selectionClipboard": false did not resolve the settings screen issue in my test.

I don't think this is persistent on newer versions. Let me know if there are other people still getting this.

I am still getting this issue in the latest docker image with firefox 67.

The only place I can seem to reproduce it now is the search box on the settings screen though. None of the other places seem to trigger it anymore.

Worked for me, thanks so much!

This seems to workaround this issue:

If I disable selection clipboard, this issue seems to be gone.

I think we can close this off @coadler?

Actually kyle had this assigned, will let him close

I can still recreate this issue

I attempted to recreate this on v2 but it seems to work as expected with or without the selection clipboard. If anyone has issues on v2 lemme know and we can reopen.

@code-asher I can still recreate the typing issues i mentioned earlier. seems to affect firefox, but not chrome in my testing. on a fresh instance of code-server:v2, i can open a new document and type just fine, but if i do Ctrl+, to open the UI settings screen, then close the settings tab with the mouse, not all my keys work in the text editor now. notably, down arrow key and Enter. it happens with or without selection keyboard enabled. If nobody else can recreate it, i can document more thoroughly. If it's thought to be a similar but separate bug i can leave this thread alone.

Ah thanks for those steps! I was able to replicate. I opened #1135 for this.